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the table of the House, and which Would' have been a better proof of the' dispositions of that Court. With respeCt to the. etreCi of those Orders, he com plained, that the returns which had been some time since moved for, of the, exports, imports, &c. at ditTerent ports, had not yet' been laid .before the House, so that they 'were u'able to judge of 'the efftirttY those Orders upon the 'trade of - the Countryri bL• tt s r)friAhoe - Plpeil not being laid upon the table, the_y lust aright to ccinc.lode,. that they were no; `T‘intable to the conclusion which Ministers wished to Oraw frotn operation of those Orders. lord HOLLAND observed; the Noble Secretary , appeared to have tiusi oaceiVed a part of what he had said with fesrct 'to. the operation of the Orders in CRAlripl 6:1 our i lL t,:regkitse With Spalq. 41 her 1-Cfj.i'v!)t2;•Uutiaio'i4 stare, was, it was true, an enemy; kat she conid not be considered as'a neutral, and . tlitis . ,:ut4er the ; operations of the Ord'prs in Council, heT i;ofts would, be brocloded 'With r . espeat . to the rest of the world. What he was anxious to learn irony Ministers was, whether they intended to deal t 2e Ouc.aSiOtt in the safe of licences, which he, cousidereil'as narrow and 'unWise policy ; and whe ther they intended' to revoke those Orders so far as rega•rdt.cl'the port of Spain. , ant Ea-r lof LAUDERDALE adverted to the docu nießt upon the - table; containing a statement of the Ex.ports and Iroports at the Port of London for the (VCs, ter endifig the',6th - of April, 1808, to thew the . 1 decrease;' comp rid tvi-th the corresponding quarters of•l'Bo7—the Exports of British Manufactures 'hi tlt(-3 , latter being 6,100,0001. 'and in the former 4.900.,0001: and tilt; Imports and also the Exports of Foreign prOdce, decreasing in proportion, to prove thereby'the injurious , effects of the Orders iii Council. .H A wit.ksaciaY obsefved, that the amount oc,thc and Imports was no criterion in it was,• were they greater or less thou they would have been if the mcastire of the Ohters -in Council had nut been resor'ed to? With reseed to what -had been said by the Noble: Lord (HOLLAND), he now clearly under t-tood the obje& ot-that iti able 1., he to ascert tit) .8 - nether it was the intention of r,titustcrg to let - .ke the Orders in Couitcil'qo far' as regarded the •Ports of Spain He ctul-cl only siate, that if the Noble Lord would sus pt.nd-114.curtos:ty fora few d he 'would find that Ministers haA riot otiitted the conGideration of this park of the subject, and he had DO Ite4iiatiOn iii say that in this respea, as Aeiii as °tilt rs, it was their wish to Act with the utmost- getierogi.y and liberality towards ti:e Spanish Nation. The Earl of:DARNLEY expressed a hope, that the narrow 'policy of taking possession of a few Ships' would not be the only stimulus 'to- indtice Ministers to afford assistance to Spain. He consi.lereci the pause* of the Spaniatthent hied to all the aid and tato 7 . tettion this Country could arford. z Lord Hor.a.A.tiib expre‘scd himself satisfied ,with the explanations given, by the I.Voble Secretary of • State. • Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). . HOUSE OF (.0.11.110..\-S. FUIDA.Y, JULY 1. At four o'clock the SPEAKER counted the Home, when, only !44 - ,y.eunners being present, the liogse gece,sarily adjourned until to-morrow. 41: * * We nave been unavoidably. prevented from proceeding in our Observation': on Mr,—Roscos's• last Parnpl4et, but re shall iesunie the subject on Monday. • I:uz—i nutlin, - • M ARa v 2 Waterford. Waterierd. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills. DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. c I:SCiS + - - Ei E o;.zuf Q,utc Dtz.a.t r4t.#413.: L 0 N D 0 N, pd.TURDAY,' JULY ,2, 180 S. We felt i he most sincere pleasure in communicating to our Readers yesterday the satifaLlory intelligence which was brought from Spain by the Messenger of Viscount MATEKOSA, but in the coarse of the after noon accounts of a still .more gratifying nature ar 7 'rived. Ab.iut three o'clock Lieutenant TALBOT, of the Zncounter Gun-brig, arrived at the Admiralty with Dispatches from Admiral P,URVIS. Dispatches were also received, at the. same time, at 1,014 CA3TLEII EA G it% (Mice, frozina General SPEN9BR, Wilt), it appears, had not returned to Gibraltar as was reported,. The substance of these Th ,. ..p.dtches were immediately commtn4icated to tile Logi) MAYOR, in the following Letter from Lord C4sTLE IIIEAGH • fc Downing-street, July 1,1808, MI Loiw, I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that Dispatches . have been received from Major- General SPENCU, dated off Cadiz the •Cith tilt. by which it appears that a -Negotiation had been entered into between hrs Majesty's Naval - and Military Comaianders*. elf that Port, with De r appointed on the. part of the Provisional Go i•ernment of the Province- of Andalusia, assembled at Seville, the result of which had been forwarded foi - the approbation . of the said government. ‘,f Every arrangement hnd been taken for the re r duPiion of the French Ships, and Admiral Puiwis Lad been invited fey the Spanish CniumandeFa to 'an chi.n. his Meet at the mouth of the harbour, with, a view to co-operate in cOmpel!ing the common ene ray to surrender. ' • . , . . it appears that, the Southtra Provinces ofSpain had declared against France, and Dispatches of the 4th inst. received trotn Lieutenant• General Sir H. p4r 4 ;:tt:LE, at Gibraltar ; gledtioa that the Spanish Army before that fortress, reinforced by the greater part of the Garrison: of Ceuta, had marched against the French. ' " I am, &c. &c. &c. • " CASTLEREAGH." " Right Hon. Lord Mayor." The Dispatches from General SPENCER ,and. Ad- Mira' . PURVIS are _dated the 6th ultimo, but,in con sequence of the. unfavourable state of the Wind„.. 'Lieutenant TALBOT did not lose sight of the Fleet till the following day. It appears that the first Ne ikotiations that were, opened with Admiral PURvis were broken off by the Marquis- Da SoLialo,. who was the GoVern6i of Andalusia. His condua ,throughout xlie whole transaction•was contradictory and inexplicable. At first, though he did , nof com mit himself by any specific Declaration,,yet he gam very strong indications of his intention to espouse the cause of his , countrymen; he af:terwards' wav ered in his resolution, and' finally he took a thz- . cided part in favour of the French, and issued a' very strong Pioclantation, forbidding all corn munication with the British Fleet, on paiu or *death - and two ' Merchants of Cadiz were ae. tually executed under that Proclamation, for carry ing on a correspondence with our Fleet. It is doubtful whether the Marquis's conduct proceeded from treachery in the first instance, or whether he was ultimately alarmed at the idea of opposing 800- NAPARTE but whatever were his motives, his con duet cost him his life, for the inhabitants, • not only Of Cadiz, hut of the whole Province of Andalusia, were. so incensed at the Proclamation, that he was attacked and put to death at the house of his friend, Don PILZANA, at a village about three leagues from Cadiz, whither he retired for 'refuge. • .This hap pened .on the 29th May, the very day that the last Dispatches from General SPENCER - and Ad miral' PURVIS were dated, announcing the unfa vourable termination of the Negotiation: , Im mediately upon the death of the Marquis DE SOLANO, Don IMOR LAY was appoined Governor of Cadiz,.ond the first a& of his Administration vas to issue a Proclamation in dire& oppositidn to the one published by SIOLANO. -It called'upon the Peopjpof Cadiz to rise in defence of their SOvereign, and to resist the tyranny and oppression of the Urench:.' next step was to renew the communication with the British Commanders, which had been so- abruptly broken off br his predecessor. In consequence of the overtures which he made, General SPENCER whit!) wa - sgn tho-poh.i rnitirnixig with his Troops to Gibraltar, remained with the Fleet. From that time an uninterrupted communication, took place bet Ween the shore and our Fleet. Two Deputies were sent to the British Commander, who in return sent Capt. Sir J. GORE and Colonel Sir GEORGE SMrrH into Cadiz, where they were received with every possible mark of respeet and attention. One of the first objeas of the'Negotiation related to the Seizure of the French Fleet ; an arrangement for that pur pose was entered into on the sth ult. between *the British Commanders and the Governor of Cadiz, which was to'be carried into execution as soon as it recdived.thetapprobation of. the General Junta of the Province of 4ndalusia,. which was sitting at. geville.' The Answer bad not returned wken the Dispatches were closed, but, in the mean time, the 'British Admiral wAsitivited to anchor with his Fleet at theAlouth of the Harbour, to . biready to as sist in thereduelion of the French Fleet,Which consists of one Ship of 84 guns, tour of 74 guns, and some, Frigates, which are all in 'the most perfe,o state of, equipment, for the Yrench appropria,... - cl almost . the whole of the Stores in the Spanish Arsenals to their own use. There appears every reason to believe that the Answer froni the Junta at Seville had reached Cadiz, and. that the French Fleethad been seized before the Encpunter lost sight of . our Fleet, fur, on .the - Bth, Lieut. TALBOT S3W oar- Fleet sunktioz into . z, and heard ..a Ea - Latta-3de. w::ioit lasted about an hour. It was utterly imposible that the French should make any serious re,sista . nce.,-- Proper.means had been taken to apprise the Spanish Squadron in Minorca of the events,which had taken . plaCe in Cadiz, and no dolibt whatever was enter.. tained that they would eagerly co-operate with their countrymen. The same spirit of Patriotism, it ap pears, animated the Spanish Army that was before Gibraltar; they had been reinforced_. by the Gar rison of:Ceuta (a decisive proof of the perfe& confi dence Subsisting between the British acid the Spate .niards), ana had marched against the trench: I is a_very important and interesting circum stance that no intelligence whatever of the rising in Asturias and Galicia had reached Cadiz when the Encounter left that place ; a prOuf that a similar impuhe actuates the whole, of the Spanish people, and that a general burst of loynay, and patriotism pervaded them all, which did not wait for . The stitmilus, of example. Indeed the French atrocities have been so enormous anduni versal, the i t it is no wunde that.the indignation . tiley inspiie.should be equally, extensive. We have‘gQthinii . to acid to the intelligence valid) we yesterday laid before our Readers, from the Nor them part of Spain. It gives us the most sincere :satisfa6tion to find that the same spirit of Patriotism which 'has for some time - animated the Northern Provinces, now equally pervades those of the South. —With such at union, and wish such a cause, we H'hope and believe that the people of Spain will be r found to be invincible. This is the first time that BUONAPARTE has had to fight with an united People. inhabitants of the .Countries which he has hi therto conquered have been either terrified into sub mission, under the idea that his force was irresisti ble, or deluded, by the most flattering' promises. The Spanialds have "shown that they do not dread his power, and in the intoxication of success, he so far pulled off the mask, that it is now out of his power to deceive them-by professions. • THE news from POrtugal, though not -of so deci sive a nature aA that frown Spain, is, on ehe whole, , - highly satisfaCtory ; and cut off as JukroT 'is at Lis , bon from all possibility of reinforcements, it is im possible that he can hold out long; and we enter tain the .most. sanguine hopes .that the next Dis patches 'from Sir CHARLES COTTON' will be dated ,from the Tagus. • • A . short conversation took place in the House of Lords last night, on the subjea of Spain, and are•sure our Readers wilt peruse with satisfa6tion the sentiments expressed by Lord HAWKESBURY upon' that 6cosion. THE following very important Letter was this. - . morning posted up at LLOYD'S: EXTRACT OF A LETTER . FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP RESOLUTION, DATED AT AN FH,OIE•OFF THE. TAGUS, 12TH OF JUNE, TO ALDER- MAN ATKINS. I have just time, by a Torbay Boat with Dis patches from Sir CHARLES COTTON, to inform you, that the Portuguese and Spaniards are in possesSion Of Oporto. Admiral Pcavis is in Cadiz, and has got possession of the French Squadron. The French inLisbon, Under JUNOT, disarmed the whole' Ortre Spanish Troops- in the night of the 10th instant. An Army of 30,000 Spaniards is. advancing towards Lisbon. • - " We expert 'to go into . the Tagus every hour. I expea to come home in a Russian Man of War. " JOSEPH 13,UONAPAIITE has been. killed by .the Duke DE INFANTADO, who fell dire6tly after. The Spaniards are murdering the French wherever they meet them. The accounts respetling the Cadiz bnsincbt_i_ w3s.,l?rought yesterdikyn-by a Captain of Spanish Dragoons." Yesterday morning their MAJESTIES and, the PRINCES;ES Left the Queen's Palace for Windsor, with their osualescort. • The Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES was of their MAJESTIES' party on Thursday evening. Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES visited Carlton House. Thee Baltic Convoy has been stopped at the Nore, in order to wait flit - several Ghh-boats .which are ordered to accompany it. These Guh-boats are felt to . be extremely necessary in thee Baltic particularly, in '.Consequencenf the mode of attack adopted by the D a nes,. .Their employment is therefore grateful to the merchants interested in the trade of that sea. - Letters from . Plymouth slate, that.Capt."HoTtiAm has granted a fr-ge . passport. to a Spanish Brig, for South America, with dispatches. The King of Sweden seems determined to make every el of t for the recovery of Finland.---An expe . (Mimi ; three divisions, consisting of , 25,000 men, is positively said to. have sailed to co-operate in el, fetting that object. This force•havino - been collected in the Isle of. Aland, sailed to Abo7Wasa; and Ja- Cobstadt. With the, accession of those troops it •is supposed that the whole of the Swedish army in Fin land will amount to 40,000, men. . Twelve artillery waggons went from the Bank ye'sterday, with money, which, it is supposed, is in tended to be embarked for Swedeb. On -Thursday morning. his Reverence- the Nuncio f rom hi s H o li ness th e P o pe had his final audience of Messrs. CANNING and .PERCEVAL: .He afterwards took a friendly leave of his Gncc the Drat e of PORT LAND and Lord MULGRAVE respeeiVely. Between eight and nine at night his Revetence loft town for Portsmouth, frorn-whence - hO - is-ttr very large c-onvoy of Merchants, A.d‘enturrs, and: Portuguese Emigrants, tbr the Brazils; of Which -- territory he is to be the Metropolitan. Lord CASTLEIMAGII'S letter, ,yesterday, being an official confirmation of the favourable reports respell ing Spain, diffused, joy. all over the metropolis.— There was, howeve4, a .curious mistake in it, for it ,is said . that, part of the. Garrison of Ceuta had m " uiirlied," instead of ‘.‘ marched' against the French. Lieutpnant TALBOT'S observations respthing the feelingf of the Spaniards, tend to shew that they have as much confidence in British hOnour and, ge nerosity, as they haVe hatred and .horror towards. the people who have brnught massacre into their coun - , try, under pretence of restoring it to liberty and in dependence. • Lord CASTLEREAGH gave an elegant dinner yes terday, at his bowie in' St. James's-squar, to the five Spanish Noblemen who lately arrived from :Spain, the Earl of WESTMORLAND, Lord Iloilo ll'EßST, Sir James PULTEN EY, Bart. Mr. CANN ING, Mr. HA ,NtINIOND, Mr. RYDER, Mr. IVlEnity, Mr. bOox,, BAGOT, &C. • During the passage of the Paz to this country, she -pli i 4 with, and captured a large French Vessel laden with brandy, &c. but owing to her being a heavy sailer, left her in charge. oran Otcer, and pro ceeded to• Falmouth. Orders are given for taking 4 transpo:ts to the • , amount of 3000 teas. NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—Arrived the Julian, of and for Hamburgh, from Buenos Ayres, sent in by His Majesty's Ship Faudroyant. Also arrived the fUllowing Portuguese Vessels,- viz. the Mercurius. Fiore de Para, and the Serra Pigueno, from Ply mouth; to join the Convoy for the Brazils. Sailed His Majesty's Brig Blazer on a cruize. His Majesty's Ship Arethusa is appointed Convoy fur the Downs. EALriLiDUTH, JUNE 2g .—Arrived the Ciiaevid cut. ter from off Lisbon, in 14 days. MAL, .JULY 1-.—The _Honourable Company's Ship Itch eat arrived in the Downs last night, after post, from India; and proceeded for the Eiver this morning, Sailed his I\l3jesty's Ship Alert, with a convoy from Portsmouth. 'Arrivpd his Majesty's• Ship Trusty from a cruize, and remains in the downs with the rest of the Ship as per last. SHEERNESS, JUNE 30.—Arrived the Roebuck, of 44 guns, Capt. CURRY, from Yarmouth. JULY I.—Arrived the Aggressor Gun-brig, Lieut. - . WATSON. Passed by some more of the East India Ships for the River. - • The Gottcnburgh convoy expeas to sail to-mor- row morning. CORK;JUNE 27.—We) have just learned that Sir AWTIIUR WELLESLEY is expeeted in town to-mor row., -General FELGUSSON, we understand, is ap pointed to the Scotch Brigade, in the Expedition.— The Donegal,' of 80 guns, Capt. MALCOLM, goes with the firmament. ' Her arrival at this Port is ' daily looked for. GREENOCK, JUNE 29.—The Ship Hamilton, GIL. CHRIST, of and from this Port, to Quebec, tan on shore on a reef of rocks on Green Island, in the River St. Lawrence, on the 7th May, , and bilged—. greatest part of the cargo save'd; but little hopes were entertained of the Ship being got Off.- WEYMOUTH JUNE 30.—Arrived the Duke of York hired armed Cutter, of 6 guns and 2.5 *men, Lieut. -CitOSßY,from a cruize, to repair her da mages, A few-days since, to the Westward of Cherbourg: she fell in with two French• Lugger Fri- • of 4 guns,. at_lcLtapi,!.vards of Lo men each, and two Row-boats ; the maint,ined_ a running fight 'with the whole 'for one hour and fifty-five mi. mites, and succeeded in beating them off. The following extracts st'om'a work written by ROBERT SEMPLE, -Esq. - giVing an account of hoot Journey through Spain, are particnlarly interesting at the 'present moment, and shew that the Ati thor is a roan -Of obsetvation and reflection.—e Speaking of the sentiments whiCh the Spaniard; reel towards France,' he /says, " In talking of Frenchmen, ' there is a mixture of hatred, con: . tempt, and yet of .dread, not to be conceived by those who havenot witnessed it. If every Spaniard , : or Portuguese had a single Frenchman, within reach of his long knife the contest would be short." If this was the state of the Spaoish.mind _a. year or t 4. , 0 -ago, what must it be now, when Spain Las, .suffered so, much injustice and treachery, slid when a , relentles.; Tyrant has attempted, to cheat the .Country out cf its independence. But the folloWing passage is principally entitled to notice :—" In the present pod lineal state of Europe, and, indeed, at all tunes, the propriety of England cultivating a close and friendly intercourse with Spain is so apparent, that we cart-' not but feel surprize that it should have been so long ' negleCied. On inquiry we find the causes of this to be vatious.• Ancient wars ; alliances bete/eel! the. two ' former Monarchies of France and Spain 'and , the interests of the latter Country, and et England badly, understood by both. Yet, I afd firm, that such are the dispositions of the Spaniards towards \ the Digiish, that with a little care oti the, part of the Government, the two Countries might(' become indissolubly united. It is here Meat we ought to look for a grant balance the power of France is llits Cpcilz-Vy, p paps, illyervour able as appearances may now be, that the Freedom Of Europe is destined to commence !" A letter received by an eminent Spanish Merchant mentioos the following : curious fact MultAl finding himself in want of provisions, and conceiv ing that the people of Valencia and Murcia were friendly to the cause of France, addressed a letter to the Governors of .those Provinces, requesting an inn' Mediate supply of a large quantity of corn ; the reply to this request was sarcastically managed; the • Governors lamented that it was n'ot in their, power to comply with, the request of his HiOntss in IV artiCle of corn, bt.it conceiving it their dray to cos}' ply in some sort with, the request of to great a hero, they. would in a few days present him and the artily` uncl6 - command with about thr(e. hundred thoW sand Muskets, Of which they.inusr insist on his ao d cepting: The same note, after an apology for th r) shoriness,of .the notice, requests that his nighties ; •' would instantly give directions fOr3oo,boo beets to 1 0 prepared, and in readiness for that uumber of respeg' ci&e, visitors, who meant to I_;a'y the city of..v.la:lrid. s visit' on the ever memorable day of Cotpus Chris : tl and . as they m , gh4 sojourn a few days, they woo l not tr , :uble his Highness- on, the' sub eko_t sions, .they being scarce,- and it Kr,li their intentioO to bring those articies. them i n cofficient quay titles for themselves and countrymen." • Dispatches were sent off late on - Thursday bight? to.be forwarded by au . Officer to Sir JoriN MOOOP hero Lard Clatlereagit's (Attlee,